I know many chemically sensitive people who do not tolerate treated
mattresses. And how many are intolerant who don't know why they can't sleep
or feel bad?
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Dr. Margot Mayer-Proschel, Ph.D., University of Rochester School of
Medicine, Rochester, NY 14534

After doing my own literature research it is quite incredible that law
makers are willing to risk the health of thousands of people. According to
available scientific data it is NOT clear whether the levels of chemicals
one is exposed to on a chronic basis by sleeping on treated mattresses is
safe, especially for children and pregnant women. I have yet to find a
single scientific study that supports the use of these chemical in
mattresses and labels them as "safe". It is another example of ignorance
beyond reason and one begins to questions the true motivation of the
individuals pushing for a national law to include these chemical in all
mattresses. Maybe one should start to ask who would financially benefit from
such a law to get the true motivation?

(Dr. Mayer-Proschel has published 18 scientific studies in
neurotoxicology.)
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Dr. Susan Toron, D.C., 106 E. Ridgewood Ave., Paramus, NJ 07652

I was forced to purchase an organic cotton bed for my son after learning
he was being poisoned by the chemicals in his mattress. In testing, he had
3x the level of Antimony in his system, which was causing significant
health and behavior problems (he was 4 at the time). Within 6 months of
getting him out of the chemical bed and into the organic one, his antimony
levels went back to normal, and his health and behavior problems stopped.
Bottom line is that we do not deserve to be poisoned by chemicals we are
unaware of, especially when it comes to our mattresses. How many of us have
health problems we are dealing with that are from the chemicals we are being
exposed to from our mattresses? As someone who lived through the horror of
watching her son deal with chronic health and behavior problems at 4 years
old, only to find out it was from his mattress, I feel these chemicals
definitely do not belong in our homes. We should have a choice, don't you
think. Unfortunately, most of us do not have the knowledge to make the
choice, because this information is not readily available. Let's fight
for change.
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It is my personal opinion (As a Physician), that, if we have doubts
regarding the effects of any particular substances to human body, we cannot
put anybody in that particular risk, this is ethically unacceptable.
Maybe there are big interests in that law, but, for me, the most important
is the human being and its health
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It seems ill advised to expose hundreds of millions of people to a potential
health hazard in order to protect a very few. …. I am absolutely opposed to
adding the proposed toxic chemicals to mattresses. I render my opinion based
on my education, training and experience in the field of occupational and
environmental medicine.”
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I am a physician who treats patients with many debilitating illnesses that
other physicians can't figure out. I practice environmental medicine and
integrative medicine.

People are already exposed to an inordinate number of chemicals in our
environment that our ancestors never had to detoxify or eliminate from their
bodies. We are seeing more autism, more neuro-degenerative diseases, more
asthma and allergies, more "irritable bowel syndrome", more early dementia,
etc. Many of these patients get better when they are detoxed and avoid the
chemicals that are triggering the symptoms and illnesses. There is ample
scientific and epidemiological evidence right now that these chemicals can
be very dangerous for humans. The CPSC needs to protect us from these
chemicals, not throw more at us. If the CPSC pushes this law forward, they
need to change their name.
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